Bobby Knight

My dad was a very quiet person, and unbelievably tough. But my grandmother gave me my first look at negative thinking to bring about positive results. When I was just a little guy, anytime I came to my grandmother and said I wish for this or that, Grandma would say, 'If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

American Coach

Robert Green Ingersoll

The man who has really won the love of one good woman in this world, I do not care if he dies in the ditch a beggar - his life has been a success.

American Lawyer

Don Herold

The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.

American Writer

Elizabeth I

I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.

English Royalty

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars.

French Diplomat

Nicole Kidman

I just want to be nominated; beggars can't be choosers.

Australian Actress

Jean de La Fontaine

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

French Poet

Charles Lamb

The beggar wears all colors fearing none.

English Critic

Edward Dyer

And love is love in beggars and in kings.

English Poet

Clara Schumann

German Musician

Be respectful when mentioning beggars, as it involves real people's hardships.

Cultural Sensitivity

Using 'beggar' can evoke empathy or discomfort depending on the context.

Emotional Connection

The word often creates a strong image of a person in need or poverty.

Visual Imagery

The verb form can be metaphorical, not always about money.

Metaphorical Use

As a verb, 'beggar' implies a drastic negative effect on someone's life or situation.

Extreme Outcome

This noun usage is informal, primarily found in British English.

Informal Speech

Here, 'beggar' expresses a strong, positive eagerness for something.

Positive Eagerness

The phrase is used when something is shockingly unbelievable.

Surpassing Imagination

A saying where the meaning isn't obvious from the individual words.

Idiomatic Expression

 Humbled at the scenes of earthly pleasure blooming all around him, Lord Shiva himself approached the goddess with an empty bowl and begged for food and forgiveness. For this reason, the supreme deity is sometimes portrayed as a poor beggar at the mercy of Annapurna;

The legend of Annapurna,...

 and immediately set out to investigate its sources. Why must people endure suffering? Must we reincarnate through hundreds of lives? At first he thought the problem was attachment to material things, so he gave up his possessions. He became a wandering beggar,

The five major world...

 beggars to being rupee millionaires just after resurrecting this ancient method of desert agriculture so you see the desert it's food and fodder it supports wildlife and livelihoods all within nature but here's the bad news it

A Story of Community and...

 then in the summer drought why don't they save up some of the snow oh beggars belief oh you rock back it in get out me garden that ball comes over it again i put a blowing claw through it

A Snow Tiger Complaining...

 Beggars belief, doesn't it? How can an animal survive being suffocated, effectively, by a male lion and still be breathing? Not just breathing, but have the will to live

Eternal Adversaries:...

 Sonia come from a very poor family if they are not operated they remain blind for life and what happens in most of the cases they are used by the family as beggars

Two Blind Sisters See...

 this mountain the arched back of the earth risen the for us it made me feel humble like a beggar just lucky to be here at all even briefly

A Space in Time PIPE Zero...

 his head down. He said, "You have taught me to walk. Thank you very much. Now help me not to be a beggar anymore." That was the job.

Alberto Cairo: There are...

 thank you very much now help me not to be a beggar anymore that was the job my children are growing I feel ashamed I

There are no scraps of...

 predators out here beggars belief doesn't it how can an animal survive being suffocated effectively by a male lion